Salmon Salad may be my new favorite meat. Yes, bacon has been dethroned. Maybe. It’s definitely my favorite meal meat. Like, I can eat me some bacon, but I have to add things to really make it a meal. And, that’s true for salmon, too. But with this incredibly easy salmon salad, I can just […]

Who knew curry chicken salad could be so easy? Browned chicken, veggies and curry mayo mixed together in a bowl. Done. Finding proteins to put in the kids’ lunchboxes is sometimes a pain in the patoot. Especially as a longtime vegetarian, I struggle with ideas for meaty things that will taste great cold. Well, because, […]

Tortilla soup is one of those Tex-Mex favorites that I’ve always wanted to love. I mean, how can you go wrong with a soup topped with avocado and pico de gallo? But, alas, I don’t really dig chicken and it’s almost always a chicken soup. So, I crafted this easy peasy Black Bean Tortilla Soup […]

One of the few meaty Chinese dishes I’ve tried at restaurants and really liked is Mongolian Beef. But I always add veggies to it because it’s so boring otherwise. Making at home means I can add whatever veggies I want so I tracked down a recipe and tinkered with it to make it in my […]

I absolutely love making broth for my family. It was one of the first big money savers I embarked on when the girls were babies. We started out with vegetable broth and eventually started making bone broth from turkey and chicken bones. I made the broth even before I ate any chicken. I’ve cobbled together […]

Fried rice is fantastic and it’s an excellent way to clean up your crisper and use up little bits of protein and vegetables. But, if you just slap it together willy-nilly, it can be mushy and flavorless. Over the years, I’ve mastered the art of creating restaurant-style fried rice from leftovers. Here are my […]

My mom made (apparently) great meatballs when I was a kid. Everyone loves them. But, since I was never a meat fan, I never cared for them. Especially since they were made with ground beef. But, after a recent visit to Ikea where our girls gobbled down two plates of chicken meatballs with gusto, I […]

Sometimes the best ideas come to me when I’m just whipping up a quick dinner for the kids and myself. This Paleo creamy tomato noodle soup is one of those times. I wanted to make noodles because I’ve been craving them and I didn’t have any marinara sauce made, so I opted to combine a […]

We love Mexican food. The whole family can eat together really easily with something like fajitas. We make a big base of fajita veggies and then, if anyone wants meat, we add that in. It makes eating with vegetarians, meat-eaters and kids really simple. This paleo fajitas recipe is our new favorite and it’s super […]

I’m doing this 21-day cleanse thing and I am not supposed to eat meat or beans (or dairy or grains), but I can eat lentils. I noticed my iron was low (familiar symptoms when it gets low) so I searched around to find out what I could currently eat that would boost my iron. Quinoa […]